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The minister will be well aware of the major traffic difficulties that people experience in trying to get across the Forth road bridge, especially at peak times.
It is important that we invest in water and sewerage services in Scotland to get them to the quality that they need to be at, not just because of European regulations but because it matters that we have clean water in Scotland.
However, the Executive may be in a hurry to get the thing done. If it cannot impose the limit until it has gone through a whole lot of scrutiny and big debates, it would take longer for it to do its Executive bit.